Randi Rotjan

Associate Professor, Biology

randi.rotjan@tufts.edu

212 College Avenue

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Research/Areas of Interest

Research in the Rotjan lab focuses on marine ecology and global change. The main goal is to examine how marine species, communities, and ecosystems respond to the complex multitude of stressors emerging in the contemporary world ocean, and how they will respond to the future ocean change that we expect in the coming decades. In other words, we take a multi-level and systems ecology approach to examining global change. We are also big fans of ocean exploration, which is critical and necessary to set and calibrate ecological baselines. We are a part of a growing global movement to democratize the oceans, making marine science and exploration accessible and available to all.

We apply our science and exploration to conservation. Our simple credo is to help make the world a better place.

Our lab is interested in two complementary dimensions of contemporary marine ecology: (1) ecological response to changing ocean dynamics, and (2) opportunities for human-mediated action via conservation, restoration, and/or management. To learn more, check out our lab website and click through our research pages, publications, news, members, etc.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Tufts University, USA
Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, USA

Biography

Dr. Randi Rotjan (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor and a Provost Catalyst Leader at Tufts University in the Department of Biology, She previously spent 9 years as a Research Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer at Boston University in the Biology Department and in the BU Marine Program. Prior to that, she spent 8 years as an Associate Research Scientist at the New England Aquarium, where she simultaneously held positions at UMass Boston and the Smithsonian Institution. Rotjan received a B.S. from Cornell University, a Ph.D. from Tufts University, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. She is also currently the lead scientist for the Blue Nature Alliance, which is a global partnership to catalyze large-scale ocean conservation; and she is a member of the Board of Directors for The Nature Conservancy – Caribbean. She lives in the Boston area with her two sweet children, husband, and a yard full of (mostly) native plants.